wish2fish
Active Member
Anyone get a chance to listen to the town hall yesterday (8/11)? I was in and out of the car so I didn't hear it all but there were 3 things I thought were interesting.
After his speech, President Obama went to the questions portion of the event.
The first person to ask a question was a state representative from Dover New Hampshire. Why is a politician getting a chance to address the president? This forum should be for the public.
around the 7 minute mark
[YOUTUBE]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iMnEmiHm6RU&feature=channel[/YOUTUBE]
In response to question about universal health care the president talked about universal health care vs single payer. They president addressed that question but went on to talk about the government getting involved in healtcare being unfair competition to the insurance companies the president used a comparison of the the post office to UPS and Fedex. Stating that the post office hasn't adversely affected the profitability of the those 2 companies. He even stated "Its the post office thats always having problems". Is that what we want for our healthcare?
around the 8:45 mark
[YOUTUBE]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AfsiBu8Wgyk&feature=channel[/YOUTUBE]
Finally they allowed a 13 year old to ask a question. It was a touchy, feely moment but please come back when you pay taxes and vote!
[YOUTUBE]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XOnc8bUwLF0[/YOUTUBE]
I'm not opposed to working on healthcare but lets get medicare and medicaid fixed first and then consider expanding to others. I also wonder if what the president says he wants and what the congress provides are the same thing.
After his speech, President Obama went to the questions portion of the event.
The first person to ask a question was a state representative from Dover New Hampshire. Why is a politician getting a chance to address the president? This forum should be for the public.
around the 7 minute mark
[YOUTUBE]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iMnEmiHm6RU&feature=channel[/YOUTUBE]
In response to question about universal health care the president talked about universal health care vs single payer. They president addressed that question but went on to talk about the government getting involved in healtcare being unfair competition to the insurance companies the president used a comparison of the the post office to UPS and Fedex. Stating that the post office hasn't adversely affected the profitability of the those 2 companies. He even stated "Its the post office thats always having problems". Is that what we want for our healthcare?
around the 8:45 mark
[YOUTUBE]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AfsiBu8Wgyk&feature=channel[/YOUTUBE]
Finally they allowed a 13 year old to ask a question. It was a touchy, feely moment but please come back when you pay taxes and vote!
[YOUTUBE]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XOnc8bUwLF0[/YOUTUBE]
I'm not opposed to working on healthcare but lets get medicare and medicaid fixed first and then consider expanding to others. I also wonder if what the president says he wants and what the congress provides are the same thing.
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